Edward Macdowell Dam
Dam in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire · Nubanusit Brook · forms Edward MacDowell Lake
Height
63 ft
19 m (NID height)
Length
1,100 ft
335 m
Completed
1950
Edward MacDowell Lake today
911.51 ft
7 days ▼ 0.65 ft
Normal storage
150 acre-ft
Below normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 63 ft
- Owner
- USACE - New England District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 31,600 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 165 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 57 ft
- Drainage area
- 44 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 100 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- New England District
- Also known as
- Edward Macdowell Lake
- NID ID
- NH00005
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 6, 2026. Search NID ID NH00005 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.